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The Daily Fly / My Røde Reel 2020

September 17, 2020

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PPOTY 2012

Had some amazing news recently when I received an e-mail from Professional Photographer with regards to my entry into Professional Photographer of the year (PPOTY) 2012. My entry into the 'Location Flash' category made the top 20 for that round, I know I didn't win but WoW what an achievement especially with the amazing standard of the other entries. The other entries look like they come straight from an advertisement or a high profile magazine like Vogue so to be placed beside the best 20 has left me with a very proud glow. The top picture is mine which is my daughter at Birling Gap at sunset. The bottom picture is not mine and was placed underneath but attached to the same page. It's also thanks to my family for helping me with my photography making it possible to get shots like the one above. My daughter is a great sport and is included in a lots of my pictures trying loads of of different things for me so we can be creative and fresh. My wife comes wi

Custom White Balance for 10 Stop Filters

10 stop filters are getting more and more popular enabling us to get longer exposures during the day, helping to create some beautiful and sometimes quite surreal shots which isn't normally possible without this wonderful piece of equipment. This blog post is to share my technique for creating an easy and fast way to get a custom white balance to try and combat and correct the ugly colour cast you get from using these filters. Once learned, this technique will get you better quality shots in camera with minimal processing saving time and frustration afterwards. Some info on 10 stop filters first before the technique These filters come in different shapes and sizes and from different brands. B+W (circular, screw onto lens) Lee (square, slot into filter holders with various sizes) Hitech (square, slot into filter holders with various sizes) Above are just a few of the more popular brands. I have the B+W and the Hitech Pro stopper filters. The B+W screw in filter

POTY 2013

POTY Round 1 'Portraits' winner What can I say I won round one of Practical Photography and Digital Photo's Photographer of the Year 2013. To be over the moon is an understatement, I am ecstatic, overwhelmed, overjoyed and anything else with an over at the beginning of the word. It's such a great feeling to be the overall winner, I was starting to feel like I was the Jimmy White of the photographic world, always being pipped at the winning line, well not this time I have crossed that winning line and I am now relishing every moment of it. I now have a 1 in 6 chance of becoming Photographer of the Year, after all the rounds have finished it goes to the readers vote. The picture above is my winning picture as it appears in the magazines with comments from the judges. A big thank you to Kingsley Singleton, Deputy Editor of Digital Photo for providing me with the JPEG of the magazine spread and all his supportive correspondence and help. Also thank you to all t

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